Articles Tagged with ''EPA''

East Coast dockworkers agreed to end their two-day strike after coming to a “tentative agreement on wages” with the United States Maritime Alliance, the International Longshoremen’s Association and USMX said in a joint statement Thursday. 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he used the G7 ag ministers meeting last week to press his counterparts on several concerns for U.S. producers.

In this opinion piece, Dana M. O’Brien, president and founder of BioHarbor Strategies, argues that former President Donald Trump's embrace of RFK Jr could negatively affect U.S. agriculture. 

The House voted Friday to overturn EPA tailpipe emissions standards that Republicans say amount to a mandate for the purchase of electric vehicles.

Farm equipment giant John Deere inserted language acknowledging customers’ abilities to use mechanics “of their own choosing” for emissions control device repairs into 556 of its product manuals in order to comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations, newly unearthed documents show.

Republicans are using the growing ag trade deficit to buttress their criticism of the Biden administration’s trade policy.

EPA’s final herbicide strategy, designed to protect more than 900 species listed as threatened or endangered, includes more options for growers and reduces the burden on applicators compared to the draft released last year, the agency said Tuesday.

USDA is seeking nominations for a Growing Climate Solutions Act-mandated advisory council focused on making it easier for producers to participate in voluntary environmental credit markets, like carbon credits. 

In an exclusive interview with Agri-Pulse, EPA Director of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Rod Snyder announced Monday that he is stepping down from the position he described as the “honor of my career."